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Feb 06 2009 (SC)

State of Orissa Vs. Government of India and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT2009(233)SC2; 2009(2)SCALE271; 2009(2)LC473(SC)

..... 2, inter alia, for the following reliefs:a) direct the government of india to constitute an appropriate tribunal under section 4 of the inter state water disputes act, 1956 and thereafter, refer to it the dispute relating to the construction of side channel weir and flood flow canal project at katragada on the river vansadhara by the state of andhra pradesh;b) issue a writ of mandamus commanding the state of andhra pradesh to forbear from carrying on any works of ..... petition was filed by the state of orissa for a direction to the central government to constitute a water disputes tribunal under the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 and to refer to the tribunal the dispute contained in the complaint made by the state of orissa on 13th february, 2006, as to whether the state of andhra pradesh was justified in constructing a side channel weir and flood flow canal project on the river vansadhara at katragada, which would adversely affect the supply of water from the river to the state of orissa and adversely affect the livelihood of ..... , allow the writ petition and direct the central government to constitute a water disputes tribunal within a period of six months from date and to refer to it the dispute relating to the construction of the side channel weir and flood flow canal project at katragada on the river vansadhara by the state of andhra pradesh for diversion of the waters of the said river which could adversely affect the supply of water from the said river to the state of .....

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Jun 04 2004 (SC)

State of Haryana Vs. State of Punjab and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : JT2004(5)SC72; 2004(6)SCALE75; (2004)12SCC673

..... in approval of the settlement and in terms of the first two clauses of clause 9 of the settlement, section 14 was added to the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 and issues relating to the usage, share and allocation of the ravi-beas waters were referred to the adjudication of the waters tribunal by the union of india under notification dated 2nd april 1986. ..... the residuary power under section 51(e) allows a court to pass orders for enforcing a decree in a manner which would give effect to it. ..... this court set aside the order of the executing court on the police officer's appeal on two grounds, first because the police officer was no longer present in the district to obstruct or continue obstructing the legal process, and second, because the police officer could not be said to be a party against whom the decree for injunction had been passed merely because he was an employee of the state of u.p.49 the next decision cited by the plaintiff is surinder kumar v. ..... in the context of these developments, the president referred three questions to this court for its opinion under article 143 of the constitution. ..... the 1954 order has been issued by the president in exercise of powers under article 142(1) of the constitution. ..... the claims of punjab and haryana regarding the shares in their remaining waters will be referred for adjudication to a tribunal to be presided over by a supreme court judge. .....

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Sep 11 1996 (HC)

R. Krishnaiah Vs. Union of India (Uoi), Rep. by Its Cabinet Secretary, ...

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1996(4)ALT175

..... pradesh government's stand is that the decision of the tribunal as notified by the central government on 31-5-1976 under section 6 of the inter- state water disputes act, 1956 has proceeded on the basis of the 75% dependable flow of the river krishna upto vijayawada and that 2060 t.m.c of water was available for distribution between the states of maharashtra. ..... tribunal;(b) the composition, jurisdiction, powers and functions of the authority, the term of office and other conditions of service of, the procedure to be followed by, and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the authority;(c) the holding of a minimum number of meetings of the authority every year, the quorum for such meetings and the procedure thereat;(d) the appointment of any standing, adhoc or other committees by the authority;(e) the employment of a secretary and other staff by the authority the pay and allowances and ..... only of the fact that any works for the conservation, regulation or utilisation of water resources of an inter-state river have been constructed within the limits of the state, impose, or authorise the imposition of, any seigniorage or additional rate of fee (by whatever name called) in respect of the use of such water by any other state or the inhabitants thereof and that any dispute or difference between two or more state governments with respect to the levy of any water-rate in contravention of the prohibition contained in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be a water dispute. .....

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Apr 25 2000 (SC)

State of Karnataka Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2001SC1560; JT2000(6)SC1; 1999(4)SCALE332; (2000)9SCC572

..... permanent order and injunction including mandatory, decree, order and injunction, to notify scheme b framed by the tribunal and made provision for establishment of a krishna valley authority and for implementation of the directions of the tribunal in the report (1973) and further report (1976), as contemplated under section 6a of the inter state water disputes act, 1956. ..... narrated several facts constituting violations of the decisions of the tribunal by the state of karnataka and from paragraph 69 onwards, the plaintiff has indicated the role played by the central government in the matter of allowing the state of karnataka to raise the height of the dam, which would ultimately lead to violation of the terms and conditions as well as the restrictions in the award of the tribunal and which would infringe the rights of the state of andhra pradesh and its inhabitants. ..... eventual submergence of area within the state of maharashtra had not been known earlier and, therefore, neither before the tribunal nor in the original written statement filed, any grievance had been made with regard to the construction of dam at almatti to a height of 524.256 meters, but since the joint study made by the officers of both the states have brought out that a large area within the state of maharashtra would get submerged, ..... ](3) the tribunal may appoint two or more persons as assessors to advise it in the proceeding before it.thus the grievance about ..... a tribunal presided over by a judge of this court took .....

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Nov 17 2004 (HC)

Vedire Venkata Reddy and ors. Vs. Union of India (Uoi) and ors.

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : AIR2005AP155; 2005(1)ALD325

..... of the court to entertain such a petition on the ground that water disputes between the governments of karnataka, maharashtra and andhra pradesh, including the pulichintala project, have already been referred to krishna water dispute tribunal, which tribunal alone can agitate these water disputes under section 5 of the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 and in view prohibition contained in article 262(2) of the constitution read with section 11 of the inter-state water disputes act, 1956, this court shall not exercise jurisdiction in respect of water dispute.7. ..... has enacted inter-state water disputes act, 1956, being a legislation to provide for adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-state rivers and river valleys. ..... they claim that this association includes the affected farmers of guntur and nalgonda districts whose agricultural lands are situate near the proposed site of pulichintala project and to safeguard the interests of the people living in twelve villages situated in nalgonda and guntur districts, whose lands are likely to be submerged if the project is allowed to commence at the site, this writ petition has been filed as ..... considering the nature of allegations made in this petition, the mere fact that one of the petitioners is an office bearer of a particular party, whose office bearer was petitioner in the earlier petition will not be a ground to hold that the petition is mala fide or that the petitioners have ..... , the working president was the petitioner .....

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Sep 27 2011 (SC)

State of Himachal Pradesh. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... . parliament has in fact made the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 and has also provided in section 11 of this act that neither the supreme court nor any other court shall have jurisdiction or exercise jurisdiction in respect of any water dispute which may be referred to a tribunal under the act ..... 131 of the constitution is barred under article 262(2) of the constitution read with section 11 of the inter-state water disputes act, 1956, what is necessary to be found out is whether the assertions made in the plaint and the relief sought for, by any stretch of imagination, can be held to be a water dispute so as to oust the jurisdiction of this court under article 131 of the constitution and on examining the assertions made in the plaint and the relief sought for by the plaintiff-state, the constitution bench took the view that the suit in ..... . the defendant no.2 examined one witness, namely, shri romesh chandra bansal, consultant of punjab state electricity board on inter state disputes) and defendant no.3 examined one witness, namely, shri jia lal jain, chief accounts officer in haryana state electricity board ..... . in relation to the beas project, the central government has also allowed a supply of 15 mw power to himachal pradesh from dehar power plant on ad hoc basis by letter dated 30.03.1978 of the ministry of energy, department of power, government of india and this arrangement has been ratified by the bhakra beas management board at its 76th meeting held on 28.09.1978. 38 .....

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Jul 26 2017 (SC)

Bimolangshu Roy(dead)through Lrs. Vs. State of Assam .

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... for the resolution of the said dispute, a tribunal was constituted by a notification dated 2nd june 1990 of the government of india in exercise of the power under the inter state water disputes act, 1956 ..... by writing under his hand addressed, if such member is the chairman, to the deputy chairman and if such member is the deputy chairman, to the chairman, resign his office; and (c) may be removed from his office by a resolution of the council passed by a majority of all the then members of the council: provided that no resolution for the purpose of clause (c) shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been ..... upon it, he may refer the question to that court for consideration and the court may, after such hearing as it thinks fit, report to the president its opinion thereon (2) the president may, notwithstanding anything in the proviso to article 131, refer a dispute of the kind mentioned in the said proviso to the supreme court for opinion and the supreme court shall, after such 3030 the constitution sought ..... writing under his hand addressed, if such member is the speaker, to the deputy speaker, and if such member is the deputy speaker, to the speaker, resign his office; and (c) may be removed from his office by a resolution of the assembly passed by a majority of all the then members of the assembly: provided that no resolution for the purpose of clause (c) shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given ..... section 7 deals with the salary and allowances .....

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Sep 28 2022 (SC)

The State Of Andhra Pradesh Vs. State Of Karnataka .

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... india to forthwith take action, in accordance with the inter state river water disputes act, 1956, for settlement/adjudication of disputes, between the plaintiff state of andhra pradesh and defendant no.1 state of karnataka.4. ..... state of karnataka from constructing the paragodu project on the chitravathi river in pennar basin and impounding water therein, till resolution of the water disputes under the provisions of the inter-state river water disputes act, 1956.2 ..... the chitravathi river in pennar basin and impounding water therein, till resolution of the water disputes under the provisions of the inter-state river water disputes act, 1956. b. ..... from constructing, executing, implementing, giving effect to or impounding water, till resolution of the water disputes under the provisions of the inter-state river water disputes act, 1956, in the anicus across pennar river near gowribidnur village, teeta project in tumkur district, the tank at pasalaparthi village of bagepalli taluk, kolar district, on the nagarkare tank in gowribidnur village, ..... record that appropriate request for constituting an inter-state river water disputes tribunal to go into the issues has not yet been made by the plaintiff state. ..... the matter, in our view, the proper course would be to relegate the plaintiff state to take appropriate proceedings as are open to it in law afresh, including approaching the central government for 4 constituting inter-state river water disputes tribunal or for any other appropriate remedy. .....

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Feb 02 1996 (SC)

Indian Aluminium Co. Etc. Etc. Vs. State of Kerala and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1996IIAD(SC)137; AIR1996SC1431; JT1996(2)SC85; 1996(1)SCALE780; (1996)7SCC637; [1996]2SCR23

..... in re : cauvery water disputes tribunal : 1992(1)scale1054a the inter-state water disputes tribunal constituted under inter-state water disputes act, 1956 under article 262 directed the karnataka state by an interim order to release water to tamil nadu. ..... when the appellants thereafter filed a writ petition claiming refund pending writ petition kerala luxury tax on tobacco (validation) act, 1964 was enacted by the state legislature to provide for the levy of luxury tax on tobacco and validated the levy and collection of the fees for licences within the specified period which had received the asset of the president. ..... again, sub-section (3) of section 152-a was introduced validating the collections by gujarat amendment and validation ordinance, 1969 authorising the corporation and its officers to refuse to refund the amount of tax illegally collected; despite the orders of this court as well as of the gujarat high court, this court had held that the legislature had no power to disobey or disregard the decision ..... a division bench of the high court allowed the petitions and directed collection of the pay, posts, seniority and promotion with all consequential benefits on par with their juniors. ..... courts have to be vigilant to ensure that non-compliance of power so thoughtfully conceived by our constitution is not allowed to be upset but the concern for safeguarding the judicial power does not justify conjuring up trespassers for invalidating laws. .....

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Feb 28 2013 (SC)

State of Andhra Pradesh Vs. State of Maharashtra and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... on 10.04.1969, the 2nd defendant constituted the tribunal under the inter-state water disputes act, 1956 (for short, 1956 act). ..... of india read with section 11 of the iswd act 1956?2) whether the lis in the present suit is a water dispute involving merely the interpretation of the agreement dated 6.10.1975?3) whether the agreement dated 6.10.1975 has merged into the award and become an integral part of the award?4) whether there was no adjudication of disputes between the two states by the gwdt in respect of the subject of the agreement dated 6.10.1975, though the said agreement was considered by the tribunal and was made part ..... , maharashtras illegal and unauthorised act of construction of babhali barrage within the reservoir bridge of pochampad dam contrary to the award and without any right and entitlement; and, second, maharashtras intention to utilize the water of pochampad by invasion of reservoir water spread area by construction of babhali barrage which would deprive andhra pradesh in general and its inhabitants in particular in the districts of adilabad, nizamabad, karimnagar, warangal, nalgonda, khammam and medak of having water for irrigation and drinking purposes and allow its farmers to utilize water for irrigation by lifting from ..... . under section 28 of the act, the irrigation officer is empowered to fix the compulsory basic water rate for supply of water from a government source as distinguished from a private source.54.1 .....

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